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John Kineman

About John Kineman

Senior Research Scientist (Ph.D.) at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado,

Relational Science at the International Society for the System Sciences Annual Meeting, July 14-19, 2013, Vietnam

There is a “Relational Science” Special Integration Group of the ISSS which consists of a paper stream. The SIG organizers, John Kineman and Judith Rosen, are unfortunately unable to attend. We are searching for an acting SIG Chair for the … Continue reading

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More on causality: The Vedic connection

I want to report some recent developments in thinking about the four causes of the holon. This is from a new paper just submitted for publication. It is a re-drawing of the holon to apply to ancient worldviews relating concepts … Continue reading

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On Rosen’s Genius

I thought I’d post an excerpt from a conversation that started with Stuart Kauffman and then moved to the Rosen list server at Panmere.com. JJK to List: I suggested to SK that Rosen was a genius and deserves as much … Continue reading

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Discussion?

There’s a lot of detailed information on this site. If you’ve had a chance to look it over, maybe we can start a discussion? If you have any difficulty posting, please let me know at admin@nexial.org maybe we can start … Continue reading

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Relational Science SIG: Abstracts requested

ISSS Relational Science SIG: Abstracts are requested The Relational Science SIG of the International Society for the Systems Sciences invites abstracts for paper or poster sessions for ISSS 2013 on applying relational thinking to the theme of this conference: how to ensure … Continue reading

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R-theory Tutorial # 3

Triggering Questions (Kent Palmer) Is there meta-causality, i.e. do causes have causal affects on each other. If causes cause each other, rather than effects on something else but themselves, how is this causality trasmitted from cause to cause? What does … Continue reading

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R-theory Tutorial #2

Triggering Questions (Kent Palmer) 1.    What does R-theory say about the immiscibility of axioms in Euclidean geometry? 2.    More specifically, how does R-theory deal with meta-system boundaries? The question was raised in regard to the parallel postulate in Euclidean geometry, … Continue reading

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R-theory Tutorial #1

Triggering questions (Kent Palmer): 1. Is the R-holon transitive? 2. Is the holon logic contradictory? Recall the definitions from the 2011 synthesis paper: My understanding of transitivity is rather simple. If A entails B and B entails C then A … Continue reading

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Learning Organization

These are three slides showing an R-theory interpretation of the concepts of “Learning Organization”. They show the basic concepts at each level, and how meta-levels are linked, up to control levels as recommended in critiques of Senge’s original set of … Continue reading

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